J.J. Abrams is the official choice to fill the director's chair for "Star Wars: Episode VII."
Robert Hanashiro, USA TODAY

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Brian Truitt, USA TODAY

The final frontier isn't enough for J.J. Abrams. Now he wants to explore a galaxy far, far away, too.

According to the Hollywood media/business blog The Wrap, the Star Trek filmmaker and co-creator of TV's Lost will direct Star Wars: Episode VII, the first Star Wars movie since the last of the prequel trilogy, 2005's Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. The new film is tentatively scheduled to be released in 2015.

The filming of a new Star Wars trilogy was part of Disney's $4 billion purchase of Lucasfilm last fall. ...